Cardinal DiNardo calls accident ‘incomprehensible’

Before celebrating Mass at Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo spoke to reporters about how local churches are helping friends and parishioners who knew those who died or were injured in the crash.

“It’s incomprehensible,” DiNardo said about the accident, “but I always think of when our Christ was dying on the cross, he didn’t say a lot. But what he taught is to have a great trust in the Lord even when things don’t make sense.”

He said he would tell parishioners at the 6:30 evening Mass that such a tragedy reinforces the transience of life and the need to be prepared for death.

DiNardo said many in the Vietnamese-American community have faced such hardships before coming to America that he believes they will ultimately cope with this tragedy.

“We want to express our consolation and prayers with this deep Catholic and Christian community,” he said.